The Ten AI Commandments Link Principles to Politics

On Thursday, October 23, the Long-Sight Expert Committee released the report The Ten Commandments of Ki, which was summed up with a chronicle in DN. The bids are intended to give a direction to Norwegian KI policy so that we not only become passive consumers of other countries' technology, but ensure that KI benefits the whole country.

Tor W. Andreassen replied the same day in DN that it does not comply with principles and that Norway lacks the power to act. We agree on that. The commandments alone are not enough. They must be followed by policies and measures that can be put into practice.

Therefore, presents expert committee report a clear description of the situation, an analysis of Norway's competitive advantages and a total of 44 concrete policy proposals. The commandments are supposed to inspire action, not replace it. The bids have a separate function: they bring us together about a common language and a long-term direction, as the oil bids did. The principles point out the course, the policy must provide for the progress.

Andreassen is also right that KI is not a natural resource. We write this explicitly in the chronicle. What KI and data share with oil is that they are capital intensive and can create enormous value. That's why Norway needs to position itself.

At the heart of the committee's work is precisely the recognition that development today is controlled by a few global actors who control technology, data and infrastructure. Our task is to find Norway's place in this picture.

In another reply post the same day Jon Henrik Laake challenges us on who will own, operate and certify Norwegian KI models. These are among the most pressing issues facing us; the report raises the topic but also points to the need for a broader policy discussion on governance and ownership. The committee believes that the state should facilitate an ecosystem of responsible actors — not owning everything themselves, but building capacity and supervision in Norway.

It is not realistic that Norway alone will build large basic models from scratch, but we can further develop and adapt open models to a Norwegian context. With government ambition According to the statement that “80 percent of public enterprises will have adopted AI by 2025” and that Norway should be “the most digitized country in the world”, it is a prerequisite that the models used here will also be tested and evaluated at Norwegian research institutions.

We therefore share the critics' main concern: Norway must act quickly. We need more debate, not less, and far greater investment in expertise, data management, infrastructure and technology development. KI policy must link values to instruments — from principles to investments — and build on our own strengths: high digital maturity, reliable data management, high trust and affordable renewable energy.

As Digitization Minister Karianne Tung said during the report's launch event: “The Ten Commandments are a very good compass for the further policy developments in this field.” Just as the oil bids laid the foundation for half a century of value creation, the KI bids can be a compass for how Norway uses its advantages for the common good in the KI-driven economy.Agreeing on principles is a first step. The next thing we need to do is translate them into policy, and our report includes several suggestions for that. Norway has done it before -- we built a power nation on our water and welfare state on oil. Now we need to show the same power of action in the digital age.